Our monthly global review podcast looks at the state of the chaos around the world during the preceding month. Our February Global Review podcast moves from the earthquake in Turkey to avian flu, to the growing debt crises, to climate change, and a lot more. This special podcast episode is released monthly, on the final day of the month, as we seek to track the growing chaos of our generation and world.
The links below capture the stories referenced in this global review podcast episode.
Geopolitics
- Ukraine-Russia War: 300,000 Casualties In A Year of Conflict
- Zelensky Takes Fighter Jet Bid to EU
- What Has the US Sent to Ukraine
- Why Moldova Fears It Could Be Next for Russia
- Vladimir Putin Suspends Last Nuclear Treaty with US, Puts new Missiles On Combat Duty
- Russia is Draining a Massive Ukrainian Reservoir, Endangering a Nuclear Plant
- Israeli Settlers Rampage After Palestinian Gunmen Kills 2 In West Bank
- A Timeline of Recent Escalating Violence Between Israelis and Palestinians
- China Says At Least 10 US Balloons Have Flown Into Its Airspace Since 2022
- China Aims to Launch Nearly 13,000 Satellites to “Suppress” Elon Musk’s Starlink
Economy
- US Inflation Stays High as Housing Costs Bite
- US Housing Market Posts $2.3 Trillion Drop Biggest Since 2008
- CBO Warns of Possible Default Between July and September
- Despite High Inflation, Americans Are Spending Like Crazy – and It’s Kind of Puzzling
- Consumer Debt Hits Record $16.9 Trillion as Delinquencies Also Rise
- Social Unrest Grips Lebanon After Pound Plunges
- Inflation Hits A Staggering 99% in Argentina
- Egypt’s Inflation Continues to Surge As Food Prices Rise
- Pakistan Sought IMF Help 23 Times in 75 Years
- The Developing World’s Coming Debt Crisis
- The Fertilizer Shortage Will Persist in 2023
Climate Change
- Recent Alps Snow Cover Decline ‘Unprecedented’ in Past 600 Years
- Venice Canals Run Dry
- UAE Records Winter’s Lowest Temperature
- Mount Washington Sees Record Low Temperature
- Rising Seas Threaten ‘Mass Exodus On A Biblical Scale’ UN Chief Warns
- Water Shortages Threaten to Increase Violence and Disappearance in Mexico
- France Goes 31 Days Without Rainfall, Unprecedented in Winter
- How Climate Breakdown Is Supercharging Toll of Extreme Weather
- World to Face Wars Over Food and Water Without Climate Action
- Chile Forest Fires
Humanitarian Issues
- Taliban Internal Power Struggles and Militancy
- Horn of Africa Drought Trends Worse Than 2011
- Prolonged Drought Brings Death and Fear to Somalia
- Food Crisis in Rohingya Refugee Camps in Bangladesh
Disease and Health
- Ethiopia: Cholera and Measles Outbreak Pose Deadly Threat to Malnourished Children
- Avian Flu: The Ticking Time Bomb
- Avian Flu Timeline
- Decades of Conflict in Iraq Led to Catastrophic Rise In Antibiotic Resistance
- Equatorial Guinea Confirms Country’s First Marburg Virus Disease Outbreak – WHO
- World’s Largest Beef Exporter Suspends Supply to China After Case of Mad Cow Disease
- Peru Declares Health Emergency Over Dengue Outbreak
- Acute Respiratory Infections Double in Afghanistan
- Youth Risk Behavior Survey
- Safety Perceptions Index 2023
Failing States
- Pakistan Edges Closer Toward Debt Collapse
- Myanmar Junta Losing Control
- Haiti’s Rural Gangs Threaten Food Production As Hunger Crisis Looms
- Tunisia Arrests Critics of the President